Today I received a really cool story ball from Al Clark. I happened to be reading about Al Clark and saw he umpired the game Cal Ripken broke Lou Gehrig’s record for consecutive games played and thought I would try sending him a baseball. He replied in a total of five days (priority mail shipping each way)! He wrote about what it was like in Baltimore that week and that it was the only time in twenty three years as an umpire that he applauded a player’s accomplishment. It is really neat! Thanks Al!
Category: Baseballs
Kyle Schwarber!
Today I finally had a chance to meet up with Nick K. Nick and his father get autographs at hotels before and after baseball games. I have gotten a couple autographs from Nick in the past. Back when the Cubs were in town he got a pair of baseballs signed by Kyle Schwarber. Kyle is going to be a stud for the Cubs and when he offered me one, I could not pass it up. That was about six months ago. Nick lives in Woodbury and is a student at the U of M so meeting up was challenging as he lives in Dinkytown. He was home for break and it worked out to meet with him today. The baseball is beautiful and I look forward to seeing who he can get next baseball season!
Redsfest
Today I received a box with a couple items I had sent to Matt P (mpgobrowns on SCN) to get signed at Redsfest. He did a great job! Matt got a baseball signed by Devin Mesoraco and two tickets signed by Rasiel Iglesias. Both tickets were from his ML Debut. He signed one with MLB Debut and the other with just MLB before his handler said no inscriptions. They look great. Thanks Matt!
“Molitor for three and it could be history making!”
Today I received a really neat ball from former Twins broadcaster John Gordon. He wrote his call of Paul Molitor’s 3,000th hit when he became the first player to get a triple for his milestone hit. He also included a cool note that said he was giving my donation to the local food bank. Pretty cool all the way around. Thanks Gordo!